Hausa · Verbs · Level 2

How to say “Cook” in Hausa

(verb)

VerbsLevel 2 · Elementary
English
Cook(verb)
Hausa translation
Dafa

Hear it in a sentence

Na dafa ruwan shayi

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Examples

Ina son zan dafa miya.

I'm going to make soup.

Zan dafa maka wani abu.

I'll cook something for you.

Kin iya dafa abinci sosai.

You're a really good cook.

These are sentences where the word appears, matched automatically rather than hand-picked usage.

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